Climate twins of Congress, OH
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches Congress's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.
Side-by-side: Congress vs its climate twin
Top match: Wauseon, OH
| Month | Congress | Wauseon | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 33.9°F | 18.0°F | 2.43 in | 31.8°F | 16.8°F | 2.16 in |
| February | 36.8°F | 19.9°F | 1.86 in | 35.0°F | 18.2°F | 1.93 in |
| March | 46.6°F | 27.8°F | 2.84 in | 45.6°F | 26.3°F | 2.35 in |
| April | 60.0°F | 37.6°F | 3.58 in | 59.2°F | 36.4°F | 3.18 in |
| May | 70.9°F | 48.1°F | 3.84 in | 70.7°F | 47.8°F | 3.86 in |
| June | 78.8°F | 57.4°F | 4.01 in | 80.0°F | 57.6°F | 3.67 in |
| July | 82.4°F | 60.5°F | 3.72 in | 83.6°F | 60.9°F | 3.75 in |
| August | 80.2°F | 58.0°F | 3.48 in | 81.4°F | 58.8°F | 3.52 in |
| September | 74.4°F | 50.4°F | 3.23 in | 76.1°F | 51.5°F | 3.03 in |
| October | 63.0°F | 40.5°F | 2.92 in | 62.9°F | 40.8°F | 2.65 in |
| November | 49.3°F | 31.7°F | 2.55 in | 48.4°F | 31.1°F | 2.67 in |
| December | 38.4°F | 24.3°F | 2.40 in | 36.8°F | 22.8°F | 2.27 in |
Cities that consider Congress their climate twin
These US cities have Congress in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, Congress would feel familiar.
- Wauseon, OH (ranks Congress #2)
- Fayette, OH (ranks Congress #2)
- Morenci, MI (ranks Congress #2)
- Lyons, OH (ranks Congress #2)
- Waldron, MI (ranks Congress #2)
- Ney, OH (ranks Congress #3)
- Bryan, OH (ranks Congress #3)
- Edon, OH (ranks Congress #2)
How this is computed
Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →